Reinhard Wiesend (born 25 May 1946 in

Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; Bavarian: ''Garmasch-Partakurch''), nicknamed Ga-Pa, is an Alpine ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ''GAP''), in the O ...

) is a German musicologist and retired university professor. Wiesend studied musicology in Munich (with Thrasybulos Georgiades among others) and received his doctorate in Würzburg in 1981 (with

Wolfgang Osthoff Wolfgang Osthoff (17 March 1927 – 29 July 2008) was a German musicologist and professor (ordinarius) for historical musicology at the University of Würzburg. Life Born in Halle as son of the musicologist Helmuth Osthoff, Osthoff received his ...

), followed by his

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in 1987. Subsequently, he worked in Venice, Bayreuth and Palermo, among other places. From 2000 to 2007 he was head of the musicological institute of the University of Mainz. Wiesend's main areas of research include Italian opera of the 18th century, including

Joseph Martin Kraus Joseph Martin Kraus (20 June 1756 – 15 December 1792), was a German-Swedish composer in the Classical era who was born in Miltenberg am Main, Germany. He moved to Sweden at age 21, and died at the age of 36 in Stockholm. He has been referred ...

, Johann Simon Mayr, Johann Adolf Hasse) as well as Hans Pfitzner.

Publications

* ''Die Notierungen der Musikbeispiele in den Münchner Guido-Handschriften'', Schriftliche Hausarbeit für die Magisterprüfung, Munich 1971 * ''Studien zur Opera seria von

Baldassare Galuppi Baldassare Galuppi (18 October 17063 January 1785) was an Italian composer, born on the island of Burano in the Venetian Republic. He belonged to a generation of composers, including Johann Adolph Hasse, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, and C. ...

. Werksituation und Überlieferung – Form und Satztechnik – Inhaltsdarstellung. Mit einer Biographie und einem Quellenverzeichnis der Opern'',
Studien zur opera seria von Baldassare Galuppi : Werksituation und Überlieferung, Form und Satztechnik, Inhaltsdarstellung : mit einer Biographie und einem Quellenverzeichnis der Opern / [2
Notenbeispiele.]'' on WorldCat 2 vol. (Würzburger musikhistorische Beiträge 8), Tutzing 1984 * ''Siciliana. Literarische und musikalische Traditionen'' (Habilitationsschrift Würzburg 1986; typewritten)

References

External links

Reinhard Wiesend auf der Website der Universität Mainz (with list of publications)

studgen.uni-mainz.de
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